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ART 604

High Desert Installation

Catalog2026-2027
Credits1-3 units
LevelGraduate
Average gradeA
StandardRepeatable up to 6 credits

Overview

Description

A studio field course working in high desert locations around Tahoe and the Great Basin. Exploring larger issues of sustainable practice, land use, and embodied place by preparing and presenting artwork in the landscape.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • formerly Sierra Nevada University Interdisciplinary Art MFA student.
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Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): formerly Sierra Nevada University Interdisciplinary Art MFA student.

Units

Laboratory Studio1

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Terms

fall, spring

Restrictions

formerly Sierra Nevada University Interdisciplinary Art MFA student.

Attributes

StandardRepeatable up to 6 credits

Learning Outcomes

  • create site-responsive artworks that demonstrate an understanding of sustainable and ethical approaches to making art in outdoor environments.
  • identify and describe basic strategies for thinking about landscape, time, and place in the context of environmental art.
  • collaborate with peers to plan and present work in the landscape, showing an awareness of shared space, community, and audience.
  • synthesize and communicate how student artwork interacts with the high desert environment, considering material, scale, and ecological impact.